Learn Spanish (Spain): La abogada trabaja en el centro.

La abogada trabaja en el centro.

The lawyer works in the centre.

Breakdown of La abogada trabaja en el centro.

trabajar

to work

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

Questions & Answers about La abogada trabaja en el centro.

I see abogada ends in -a. Does this mean it specifically refers to a female lawyer?

Yes! In Spanish, many professions change their ending based on the person's gender. Since the lawyer is a woman, we use la abogada. If the lawyer were a man, it would be el abogado.

Why does trabaja end in -a? Is it because la abogada is feminine?

No, the -a ending on trabaja has nothing to do with gender. It ends in -a because it is the he, she, or it form of the verb trabajar (to work). Verbs in Spanish change their endings based on who is doing the action, not whether that person is male or female.

Does el centro just mean the centre of a room, or something else here?

In everyday Spanish, el centro is the most common way to say downtown or the city centre. So this sentence is specifically saying she works in the downtown area of a city.

Could en also be translated as at in this sentence?

Yes, absolutely. The Spanish preposition en is very flexible and covers in, on, and at in English. Saying she works at the centre is a perfectly good translation here.